Safe Access to Care Act mandates healthcare facilities to publicize patient rights and obligations regarding immigration enforcement.
The Safe Access to Care Act requires healthcare facilities to adopt and make public a statement of patient rights and healthcare facility obligations concerning immigration enforcement. Patients must receive care free from unlawful interference by civil immigration enforcement agents. Facilities must treat patients in custody of immigration agents equally and provide them with the same rights. Unlawful or non-judicially authorized immigration enforcement actions at a healthcare facility are considered workplace threats or hazards.
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